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BAIlliNKSS —BY LORD BYRON.
I had a dream, which tvn not all a dream.
The blight sun was extinguish’d, and the Stars
Did wan ler darkling in the eternal space,
lilyless, and pathless, and the icy cailh
Swung blind and blackening n the moonless air;
Mom came, and went—and came, and brought no
day.
And they live by watchfircs— and the thrones,
_l]hc palaces of crowned kings—the lints.
The habitations of a'l things which dwell,
AVero butut lor beacons; cities were consumed.
And men were gather’d round their blazing homes
To look once more into each other’s face ;
IUppy were those who dwelt within the eye
Of Che volcanos, and tliei> mountain.torch ;
A earful hope was all the world contain’d •
Forfeits were set on lire—but hout by hour
They fell and faded - and the crackling trunks
Extinguish'd with a ciadi — and all was black.
The biows of men by the despairing light
Wore an unearthly aspect, as by lit” ”
The Hashes fell upon them ; some lay down
And hid their eves and wept; and some did test
•Their chins upon their clenched hands; and smil’d;
And othcis hurried to anil fro, and led
Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up
AVii.li mad disquietude on the dull sky,
The of a past woild; and then a^aiu
AA’itli curses east them down upon the dust,
sVhAjfnash’it thei- teeth anj howl’d; the vi!d biuls
• VaBrf bbi irk’d.
And, IcrnficJ, did flutter on the gtotin I,
Ah l flag their usek'is wings; the wildest brutes
Came tame ami tiemulous ; and vipers crawl’d
And twined themselves among the multitude.
Hi' »ing, but stin-lcss—they wcie slain foi food ;
And War, which tor a moment was no more,
Did glut himself again ; a me.I was bought
Wit i blood, and each sale sullenly apart
Cloi'gltig hini'clf in gloom ; no love was left ;
All ea*ill was but one thought—and that was death
Immediate and inglorious ; and the pang
Oi Mmiiic fed upon all cm.ails — men
1 >io.i, an i their bones were tombless as their flesh;
The meagre by the meag e were devour’d,
Even dogs assail’d their masters, all save one.
And he was faitjiful to a corse, and kept
The birds and beasts and famish’d men at hay,
Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead
Enred their lank jaws ; himselt sought out no food,
15ut with a piteous and perpetual moan
And a quick dc. olale cry, licking the hand
Which answered nolj with a caress—he died.
The crowd was famish’d by degicsS ; but two
Ol an enormous city did survive,
And they were enemies ; they met beside
The dying embers of an altar place
Where had been heap'd a mass ol holy things
1'or an unholy usage; they raked up,
And shiveiing sciaped with their cold skeleton
hands
I’hc feeble ashes, and their feeble breath
lllf'V lor a little lite, and make a flame
Which was a mockery ; then they Jilted up
Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld
Each other’s aspects—saw,and shriek’d,anddied—
Even of their mutual hileousness they died,
Enknowing who he was upon whose brow
Famine had written Fiend. The world was void,
The populous and powerful was a lump,
Reasonless, herbless, tiecless, manless, lifeless—
A lump ol death—a chaos of hard clay.
The livers, lakes, and ocean all stood still,
And nothing stirred within their bilent depths ;
Rhips sailorless lay rotting on the sea,
And their ma^ts fell down peaccmeal; as they dropp’d
They slept on the abyss without a surge —
The waves were dead ; the tides were in their
grave,
The moon their mistress had expired befoic ;
The winds were wither’d in the stagnant air.
And the clouds perish’d ; Darkness had no need
Ol oil Iroin them—She was the universe.
FROM * COIVPER'S TASK.*
O for a world in principle as chaste
As lhis is gross and selfish ! over which
Custom and prejudice shall hear no sway,
That govern all things here, should’ring aside
The meek and modest Truth, and forcing her
To seek o refugo from tlic tongue of Stiile
in nooks obscure, far from the ways of men ;
Wtieie Violence shall never li t the sword.
Nor Cunning justify the proud man’s wiong,
Bearing the poor no remedy but tears :
Where lie that tills an ollice, shall esteem
Th* occasion it presents ot doing good
More than the perquisite ; where Raw shall speak
Seldom, and never hulas Wisdom piompts
And equity ; not jealous more to guard
A womiless form than to decide aiight ;
Where fashion shall not sanctify abuse.
Noi smooth flood breeding (supplemental grace)
With lean performance ape the woik of Rove !
AMEU!C AN ABORIG lNF.S.
The substance of a Journal during a Residence at
the Red River Colony, British North America;
and ficquent excursions among the North West
American Indians, in ltt'20, 1, 2, 3; by John
West, M. A. late Chaplain to the Hudson’* Bay
Company.
From Yoik Factory the author embarked for the
Red River Colony, and passing up Bake Winnipeg,
after a difficult navigation, got among the Indians
round fort Douglass Proceeding to Q.u’appelle, he
relates of the Stone InJUns.
• < Before I left the fort, ! married several of the
company’s servants, who had been living with and
iM families by, Indians ot' half caste women, and
baptised their women. I explained to her the nature
and obligations of man Ugo and baptism, and distri
looted among them some Bibles and Testaments,
and Religious Tracts.
•• With the Indians who were at the fort there
was oae of the Company’s servants who had been
with t ie t<ibe nearly a year and a half, to learn their
language as an interpreter They were very par
tial t* him, anil treated him with great kindness and
hospitality — lie usually lived with their chief, and
tipan informing him w>ho I was, and the object for
wki'.'h I came to the country, he welcomed me by a
brtiity shake of the hand ; while other* came round
me and stroked me on the head, as a fond father
would his favoiite hoy On one occasion, when I
pai tic ulai ly noticed one o: their children, the boy 's
fdtlicr was so affeeted with the attention, that with
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tear# heiSMiimed, ** See! the God tikef notice of
my child,*’ Many of these Indians were strong
athletic men, and generally well proportioned ; their
countenances were pleasing, with aquelinc noses,
andhevtitifully white and regular teeth. l’Jie buffa
lo supplies them with food, and also witfuj^tthing.
The skin was the principal, and almosqip^ly ar
ticle of dress they wore, and was wra^^M^ round
them, or worn tastefully over their shoulders like
the Highland plaids; the drosses of some of them
were hinged with human hair, taken from the scalps
ol their enemies ; and their moccasins, or shoes,
were neatly ornamented with porcupine quills.—
They are notorious horse stealers, and often make
predatory excursions to the Mandan villages on the
hanks ol the Missouri to steal them. They soinc
timctai'it the lied River for this pmposc, and have
swept oB nearly the whole of our horses Irom the
settlement. Such, indeed, is their propensity lor
this species o thcR, that they have fired upon and
killed the company's servants close to the forts for
these useful animals. They run the buffalo with
them in the summer, and fasten them to slcoges
which they drag over the snow when they travel in
the winter; while the dogs cany burdens upon their
backs, like packs upon the pack horse, it does not
appear that chastity is much regarded among them
I hey lake a> nsativ wives as they please, and purl
with them for a season, or permit others to cohabit
with them in their own lodges for a time, lor a gun,
a horse, or some article they may wish to possess
I hev arc known, however, to kill the woman, or
cut oil her cars or nose, if she he unfaithful without
V"‘,r knowledge or pernti-sion. All the lowest and
most laborious drudgery is imposed upon her, and
she is not permitted to cat till altci her lord lias fin
ished his meal, who, amidst the burdensome toil of
life, and a desultory and precarious existence, will
only condescend to carry his gun, lake care or his
horse and hunt as want may compel him. Durinf'
the time the interpreter was with these Indians the
' measles prevailed, and carried off gteat numbers ol
them, in different tribes. They oden expressed to
him a very low opinion of the white people who in
troduced this disease amongst them, ami threatened
to kill them all, at the same lime observing, lha
they would not hml him, but send him borne down
Mic Missouri. When their relations or children, ol
whom they arc passionately fc»nd, were sick, they
were almost, constantly addressing their maniton.
drumming, and making a great noise ; and at the
*ame lime they sprinkled them with water w here
they complained of pain : and when the interpreter
was sick, they w ere perpetually warning to drum
and conjuie him wvtj^ lie spoke to them of that
God and Saviour whom white people adoie; bur.
they called him a fool, saying that lie never came to
their country, or did q^ttjUvihg for them. • • So vain
were they in their imsgfhations, and their foolish
’ hearts ware darkened."
The winter is extremely severe in these latitudes
•‘We ace suffering,’’say s the author, “ great pri
vations at the settlement. Very little buff.iloc meal
has been obtained fiom the plains, and our principal
subsistence is from grain boiled into soup Few
have either pepper, salt, flour or vegetables. One
of I he Swiss was lately frozen to death on the plains:
and a Aleiiron settler returning to the colony with a
horse sledge of provisions, pei ished also from the se
verity of the winter.
“ Feb 1 f —Times do not wear a more favorable
aspect, and most of the settlers are upon an'allow
am eofa pin of wheat cacti day Sometimes a few
fivh are taken with nets, from under the ice, which
are put down by making holes at the di t wice of a
I out fifteen or twenty feet from each other, and af
fixing the net line to a pole of this length, hy which
the net is drawn in the water from one opening to
the other, till it is easily set. The fish that are
caught arc pike, and for which an exorbitant price
is frequently paid The northern Indians angle for
fish in winter, by cutting round holes in the ice a
bout a foot or two in diameter, and letting down a
bailed hook. This is always kept in motion to pre
vent tiic water from freezing, and to attiact the fish
to the spot. Immediately after they take a fish, they
scoop out the eyes and swallow them, thinking them
as great a delicacy as the European does the oyster
“The Sioux, like the Tartars, sometimes offer
water as a symbol of peace and safety to a stranger,
or of pardon to an offender, which strong’y corrobo
ra cs the idea that they were oiiginally from Asia.—
Some lime ago 1 was informed by an officer, who
bad numbers of them under bis influence in the A
mcrican war, that a Sioux Indian was doomed to
die for an offence which lie had committed, and tak
ing his station before thtf tribe, and drawing his
blanket over his face in expectation of the fatal shot,
i lie Chief stepped forward and presented some water
to him as a token of pardon, when he was permitted
again to join the party.
<• It does not appear that cannibalism is practised
by any of the North American Indians ; on the con
trary, the eating of human flesh is helJ in great ab
fiorrcnce by them : and when they are driven to eat
it, through dire necessity, they ate generally shun
ned by other Imliars who know it, and who often
take their lives secretly. It is not an uncommon
practice, however, for them to rut He»h from their
captives, and, when cooked, to c«' «niali bits of it, as
well as to give some to their childi en, with a little 01
their blood, no doubt under the idcr that it will give
them courage, and a spirit of hatred and revenge
against their enemies What can c« lm these fero
rious feelings, and curb this savage ft ry of the pas
sions in the torturous desti nction of defenceless wo
men and sucking infants ? what, but the introduc
tion and influence of C hrkstiar.ily, the best civilizer
of the natives of these drear) w ilds, and
the mostipfSMMrtHe means of fixing them in the pur
suit of afj^iFmRure, and of those social advantage*
and privileges to which they aie at present strangers.
*• Our fears,” he continues, “were kept alive,
however, as to the safety of the settlement, by being
informed of anolhei horrid massacre of four hunters,
a woman, and a little girl, on the plains near I’cmbi
na, by the Sioux Indians. Their bodies were dread
fully mangled, and ihe death of the little girl vftflfet
tended with atrocious barbarity. ‘ When the Indians
first approached and made their attacks an the par
ty, she concealed herself under one of the carts; but
hcadmg the scream* of her- friend* as ihe savages
were butchering them, afie ran from the place of her
concealment, and ww «jbot through' ’viih an arrow*
as she was running to escape. The fiequcnt massa- j
ere of the hunters, by the Sioux Indians, and the
constant alarm excited at the settlement l>y reports
that they would conic down with the savage inten
tion of scalping us, call for some mililaiy protec.
tion ”
Further delineations of character will he found in
the following, with which we must conclude:
“ A daughter has driven her aged Indian rather,
laced in his buffaloe icbc, on o sledge to the colonv.
He appealed to be in a very weak and dying slate,
and has suffered much from the want ofprovisions
I was much pleased with this instance of filial alTec
tion and care Sometimes the aged and infirm an;
abandoned and destroyed ; and however shocking it
may be to those sentiments ot tenderness and alTec.
lion, which in civiviiizcd life we regaid as inherent
in our common nature, it is practised by savages in
their hardships and extreme difficulty of procuring
subsistence for the parties who suffer, without being
considered as an act of cruelty, but as a deed of nice
cy. This shocking custom, however, is seldom
heard of among the Indians of this neighborhood,
but i'.is said to prevail with the Chipwyan or North
ern Indians, who arc no sooner burdened with their
relations, broken with y ears and infirmities, and in
capable of following the camp, than they leave them
to their fate. Instead of repining they *ne reconciled
to this dreadful termination of their existence, from
the known custom of their nation, and being con
scions that they can no longer endure the various
distresses and fatigue of savage life, oi Assist in hunt
ing for provisions. A little meal, with an axe, an-i •
a small portion of tobacco, are gcnciallv left with
them by their nearest relations, who, in taking thcii
leave ol them, say that it is time for them to go into
the other world, which they suppose just beyond the
spot where the sun goes down, where they wili be
better taken care of than with them, and then thes
walk away weeping
On I lie banks of the Saskash a wan, an aged wo
man prevailed on tier son to shoot her thtongh the
head instead of adopting this sad extrernitv She
addressed him in the most pathetic manner, remind
ing him of the care and toil with which she bore
him on her back from camp to camp in his infancy ;
with what incessant tabor she brought him up till
he could use the bow and gun ; an.I having se- n him
a great warrior, she requested that he would show
her kindness, and giv c pi oof of his courage in shoot
ing her, that she might go home to her relations._
* I have seen many winters,* she added, • and am now
tuconie a burden in not at>l« • ~ ■•savai i„ j
ting provisions ; and dragging me through the eoun
try, as I am unable to walk, it a toil, and brings
mucb distress ; take your gun ’ Slif then drew her
blanket over her head, and her son immediately de
prived her of life, in the apparent consciousness ol
having done an act of filial duty and of mercy.”
i EXTRAORDINARY ANTIQUITY.
We have been favored (says the Brighton Ga.
zettc) with the inspection of a piece of linen cloth,
nowin possessions^ Mr Thomas, of Tunbridge
Wells, which formed a part of the inner integu
ments which covered the breast of an Egyptian la
dy The mummy was discovered in the year 1822,
at Bornou, in Upper I'-gypt, and came in possession
of Mr. Granville, of Gooden. On removing the
outside rase, the body of a female was discovered,
enveloped in bandages of linen cloth, which were
applied to every part of the body with the most ex
traordinary nicety and skill ; when completely de
veloped, the body was found to be in a most perlect
slate of preservation, the flesh of the muscles soft,
and all the joints quite pliable, and it proved decided
ly the finest mummy evci yet seen in Europe The
uncommon state ol preservation ol the body induced
Dr. Granville to saciifice, for the sake of anatomi
cal scfcnce, the mo4 perfect specimen yet known,
and he accordingly commenced • regular dissection
of the body, the results of which he communicated
to the Royal Society in a most interesting disserta
tion, which was read in the month of May, 1025
Sir Everard Home and Dr. Granville discovered
that the body was that of a female, and from certain
anatomical data, they had very little doubt that she
wa, 45 or 50 years of age, had had several children,
and died of a dropsy This piece of cloth is at least
3000 years old, as Herodotus, the most ancient of
the historians-, who flourished J00 years before the.
Cluistian era, mentions that the Egyptians former
ly practised the art of embalming the dead, which
art was then lost. It is certainly a wonderful spe
cimen of the perfection to which the cultivation ol
flax and the arts of weaving and tanning had ariiv
ed at that very distant period. The wrappers round
the body weighed 2« pounds 9 ounces, and it is most
singular that all the most scientific and modern
methods of bandaging, as now pihclised by the
french and English Surgeons, were known, and
used in this instance at b ast 3000 years ago.
A child in Upper Canada, hit by a mad dog, and
c xhihil ing the usual appearance ih the sublingural
glands, has been perfectly restored by the careful
and repeated application of the lancet and caustic to
the pi mples and tumours beneath the tongue These
tumours made their appearanre on the evening of
the tenth day after the bite, and were immediately dis
charged (>y the lancet. The same process on every
appearance of the tumours, produced a cure of this
alarming disease in about a week_N. ¥■ pup.
The editor of the Kentucky Oorette informs his
readers, that on the evening at the clo*e of a con
gressional election, the friends of Mr Wiclclift. one
of the candidates, assembled at hfs“house to partake
of some, refreshment* provided ft* the occasion, and
that from four ’^hve bond red attended. Some
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pSri#>r» is suspected of having mixed tatlar emetic
^sIUMlic liquors drank on that occasion, and one
i^R.u been ancstcd, although no |>roof has yet
been produced sufficient to convict hfni of the of
fence. The scqual may easily be imagined. At the
distance ol several miles from the house of eiilce
deplorable spectacle was presented,
have gratified the tticatiui pencil ©t
Hogarth.
John Paul Junes.—The lives of (hose men
rendered by our revolutionary history illus
trious nr inure accurately speaking, those
vvhu by bravery and skill contributed to the
splendor of that event become hourly utori
interesting. Amongst tins constellation nt
heroes we often note the name of John Faui.
Jones denounced by the Fuglish historian*
| as a piiute. John llr xim Shkiiuuuki’.. Re
gister at the Navy, with a latidulile nuibi
hition to rescure the name of the departeu
Item Ironi so gr<iss a slander, has devoted
himself to the biography of tins intrepid and
chivalrous patriot. Ra.isacking the records
of our rev olut iouiy day has brought to liglit
| muf.li secret history, and has exhibited tin*
exalted character in its lull anil proper ra
diance. We behold tins calumniated until
the correspondent of Franklin, Jetfcrson.
Lafayette, &e. receiv ing honors und tlisliuc
lion from the i'rench and Russian courts as
well as from the Congress of America—vv<
shall behold in tin* private letters of John
I'aul Jones a heart healing* fervently in the
| cause n| American independence, glowing
! ‘v»lh Uie most ardent sensibility and aliveto
ail the generous ami delicate impulses of
benevolence, capable of any saciiliee ol
fortune, and avaricious only for glory ; vve
•'"all netiotij an ititeiect luminous and i adiant:
in short instead of the rough ganile sailor,
we shall meet with the polished and courte
ous gentleman. Mr. Sherburne has done hi*
j duty well, and be deserves and will undoubt
edly receive the thanks of his countrymen
lor bis labours. \\ e propose hereafter to
enrich our columns with copious extracts
from this valuable work. There has been
no action of this commander more censured,
or mure unjustly, senstired than the ccizurc
of the Karl of Selkirk's plate on the coast
I of Scotland. Ilis object was to laud on the
island of St. Mary, seize the earl of Selkirk,
nod confine him on board of his vessel of war
I the Ranger, us a hostage, in the hope that n
I general and fair exchange of prisoners
might in this manner be effected between
Kugland and America, through the means of
this nobleman's powerful interest at court.
Not finding bis lordship he was about to re
turn but his officers remonstrated, and insist
im» ,>n plundering the house of this nobleman
|—they said that Knglisbmen set fire t* the
I towns of their countrymen, and carried oil’
their stock in the midst of inclement winter
lie then consented although reluctantly—he
charged two of his officers to permit none of
his seamen to enter the house of the noble
man, to inuke search for nothing, and to ac
cept only of the plate that was offered. This
was accordingly done—the plate was sold at
public auction, purchased by Paul Jones,
and restored to the family, and he received
the warmest acknowledgements of the Karl
Selkirk for bis elevated humanity. We
venture to recommend this work in the most
decided manner to the notice of our country
men—we find in it nothing to censure hut the
very inferior character of the paper on w Inch
it is printed, a circumstance inexcusable at
1 his time, as this is a work which every
gentleman will wish to retain in his library.
Egypt contains, according to Volney a pop
ulation of two millions and three hundred
thousand, and D’Anville estimates the land
capable of tillage at two thousnnd sqnnrc
leages ; the temperature varies according to
Fahrenheit from 50 to 80—the hot season
commence-* in March and ends in Septem
ber. The present Pacha, who lias given
such an impetus to his province and drawn
out her resouces so extensively, led away by
dreams of personal aggrandizement, lias
made n common cause with the Grand ttiegn
or against the Greeks, but is be not doiug
wliat he is himself unconscious of and. that is
preparing the way for the emancipation of
his subjects from (be Ottoman yoke ?—is he
not the pibneer of a revolution in Egypt ?
lie is teaching to his subjects the value of
their own resources—to cultivate the grow th
of cotton—he has been employed in the con
struction of n magnificent canal to secure
commercial advantages—he has established
schools on the Lancastrian principle, and
has founded academies. When the Egyp
tians combine ail these advantages, and
learn by experience how resolutely the Gre
cians fight in defence of their liberty—when
they see an example of successful struggle
brought to their very door, who is prepared
to say. that they will not themselves follow
the Grecian example f Half. ,1mer.
On the fourteenth of .June. 1777. Congress
passed a resolution, that the flag of the thir
teen United Slates he thirteen stripes, alter
nated red and white—that the Union be thir
teen stars, white in a blue field, representing
a new constellation. On the thirteenth of
February 1778. Haul Jones, in the Hanger,
received the first national salute from a*
French vessel of war that was ever given
by n foreigner fn an American flag. With
trembling uncertainty ns to the length of the
struggle, hut confident of eventual success,
did our revolutionary Congress take the
star ’of independence. Gad the curtain of
futurity been drawn aside from the eves of
our legislative patriots—had <
less than the lapse of half u
thirteen independent states r
twenty-four—had they seen J
South America and Greece following their
example, what would have been their sensa
tions r \\ e are loo liable on such occasions
to notiee aeuue* uml to Ucglei l legislators j
to think tlitst those only who light u*if but
tle* are entitled to our admiration, forgetting
wh.it Kdmtind Burke says, Mint <• there is a
eourugc of the cabinet full as powerful and
ini less \ u I gar Ilian that of III e lie Id ” It is the
legislator w ho moves Heels and armies_who
provides, raises, equips and furnishes that
engine ol u nation's \cngeunee,.* ’i'lie biog
raphies of our revolutionary siuresmcu should
m eomc more intimately acquainted w ilh inch
will! risked their lives for the acquisition of
American independence us much as our gcn
. rals Ulld armies did oil the battle field. They
are compelled to light battles equally danger
ous, and in ease of vis*lory, they reap* no
glory. The names of political heroes are
1 a rely mentioned in the homage paid by
slates. Their victories have nothing of the
showy and dazzling kind Mia? belongs to the
profession ol‘ armies. But this n a pivju
dice unworthy of the minds of freemen.—
1 he statesman—Mu* honest high minded, in
telligent, intreprid, patriotic' slim* man. is
entitled to his loll share of public gratitude
— the lives of Mio legislative benefactors of
our revolutionary day should be published.
Vi e were politely furnished hv the Navy
l)epurl meut. yesterday. with tho following
mi min ary statement of the Sentences of the
late Naval Court Martial all of which have «
been approved.
“ Captain DA I'll) POIFi’EH wa* found .
guilty upon each of the charges and spccifi
cations, and sentenced to be suspended for
the term of six months.
Lieutenant K. 1). \\ n iti.ock was tried
upnn a charge of neglect of duty, found guil
ty, and sentenced to lie suspended, without
pay or emoluments, for the term of two years.
** Lieutenant Mm. H. IIunti.u was also
tried upon a charge of neglect of dim, for
permitting a foreigner by the name of Mad
rid, to be received ou board the Franklin,
without informing his commanding officer,
but was acquitted.”—JS"at. hit. Jj it gust IS.
Me perceive by an advertisement in the
New-York A met lean that a series of the most
interesting experiments w ere about to lie per
formed in that city. Mr. // ilcu.\\ the im co
lor, mentions (be following, as a fnv of ibe
advantages which will accrue from his pro
posed jt'cw JVaval and Military iHy^tciu :_
1st, A cheap and efficient plan t» preserve
our vessels from the depredations of pirates.
I Ins fact will be most unequivocally demon
strated by (be application of the New-York
lire, which will burn up any pirate's boat or
vessel iu a minute.
,2*1 ly* Experiments (lie most conclusive
will be given, that any or all musket shots
projected- .from pirates in (heir approach to
our vessels, can be repelled so as to preserve
the sailor at the helm from any danger, or
others ot the crew that mav be required in
be exposed.
3dty. An effectual remedy will be exhib
ited for saving tlu* valuable lives of seamen
and passengeis w hen shipu reeked near dan
gerous shores. This impro\cment would
have saved the much lamented lives of the
crew and passengers of the ship Albion, a*,
by the means of tbest* «*xlraordinary rockets,
which are more than double the power and
*»'/.<* of those projectiles denominated Con
greve rockets, a line can be projected ou
shore at a mile distance.
Tilily. By a combination of (bis system a
most extraordinary and prompt planwill be
given whereby hosts of Mtissuimcn may be
exterminated.and relief uHorded to the brave,
patriotic («reeka, N.c.
FEMALE HEROISM.
| Helle finite, Centre Comity, f Venn.) j]ug. \ i.
On I* ri<1 »iv lust three largo Hears wen* dis
covered on the plantation of Mr. Martin
Meese, between three and four miles from
this borough. Pursuit was immediately made
by ft purty of men and a M iss M-, daugh
ter ol Air. A1 -of Hpring township, who
outrun all the men in the chase. Alter pur.
suing the Bears about a f|iiarter of a mile,
our intrepid heroine overhauled them,at tack
ed and compelled two of them to take to
trees, and the other having been considerably
worsted in the engagement, took to bis sent
pers. Our heroine guarded the two until re
inforced by her sister nnd ‘ faithful Trav,’
when a furious anscl was made which lir
uminfcd in the death of (lie two Treed Gen
try. Not satisfied with her victory, Miss
At-immediately renewed the elmsc af- *
ter the one who had deserted In's comrades in
the hour of battle, hut fortunately for his *n.
ble majesty he had employed his land paddles
to some purpose, and being favoured by the
thickness of thu timber and under-brits’b he
was enabled to escape from his brave and de
termined pursuer.
Jl very ill uteri Judge —Lord Chancellor
Et.noN. in a speech which hr lately deliver,
td m the House of Lords, stated as a faef,
which he opp ared lo ennsidei asngieinner.
ihnl. during the 22 yenis that he bed held
'lie <4fice of Lord Chancellor, hi* s.i»nrv
hntl jot exceeded 13 000 pounds ster'irr
(5509.000) a year! exclusive of vlut l e re^
reived as Speaker of the House of Lords.